Confluences
Subtitle: an American expedition to northern Burma, 1935
By: Erin L. Hasinoff
Contributors: Weber, Susan; Gaskell, Ivan; Kendall, Laurel; Bard Graduate Center: Decorative Arts, Design History, Material Culture
Publisher: Published by the Bard Graduate Center: Decorative Arts, Design History, Material Culture
Published: 2013
Language: eng
Number of pages: 128
ISBN-13: 9780300190236
Subjects: Material culture; Description and travel; Scientific expeditions; Exhibitions; Antiquities; Ethnological expeditions
Description: "In January 1935, the Vernay-Hopwood Chindwin Expedition departed from Rangoon to explore the Chindwin River on behalf of the American Museum of Natural History. The party traversed northern Burma, gathering biological specimens and ethnological artifacts for the museum. This intriguing book includes documentation and photographs made during the journey as well as biographical narratives of its organizers, sponsors, and field scientists. The collected items, personal belongings, provisions, tools, and exchange goods carried by the expedition party tell the story of the participants' encounters with flora, fauna, landscapes, and people, including the "head-hunting Nagas." This account offers fascinating details of the expedition's itinerary, cross-cultural interactions, and exchanges"--
Notes: "This catalogue is published in conjunction with the exhibition Confluences: An American Expedition to Northern Burma, 1935 held at the Bard Graduate Center: Decorative Arts, Design History, Material Culture from April 4, 2013 through August 3, 2013"--Title page verso.

Includes bibliographical references (page 116-123) and index.
Table of contents: title: The anthropology of expeditions; title: The back story; title: The route; title: The expedition party; title: The expedition caravan; title: The ethnic makeup of northern Burma; title: Assemblage for anthropology; title: Shipped to New York; title: An expedition into the archives.